Giu 20
America’s intervention in Libya’s civil war, the most protracted and least surreptitious assassination attempt in history, was supposed to last “days, not weeks,” but is in its fourth month and has revealed NATO to be an increasingly fictitious military organization. Although this war has no discernible connection with U.S. national security, it serves the national …
Giu 20
In a broader package of materials the Obama administration sent to Congress defending its Libya policy, the White House, for the first time, offered lawmakers and the public an argument for why Mr. Obama has not been violating the War Powers Resolution since May 20. The White House released an unclassified version of the report. …
Giu 20
Smoke rises after a Nato air strike on the Libyan capital, Tripoli. Photograph: Str/EPA This weekend provided sobering reminders of the human and financial cost of the three-month bombing campaign against Muammar Gaddafi’s regime: in Tripoli several civilians appeared to have been killed by a Nato strike; while in London the Treasury chief secretary, Danny …
Giu 20
Nato has admitted “a weapons systems failure” may have led to civilian casualties in Sunday morning’s air strike in the Libyan capital, Tripoli. The alliance said the intended target was a missile site, but “it appears that one weapon” did not hit it. The Libyan government earlier said Nato had bombed a residential area, killing …